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16-mile-per-hour wind out of the ocean through the delta, up towards fairfield. we've got a little bit of a sea breeze that will keep our heat from getting out of hand but you will notice inland much warmer temperatures and a lot more sunshine. here's a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast we're in the mid 50s to 60s cooler this morning, everybody in the 60s except for inland by noon in the mid 70s, already warmer than yesterday and 60s, 70s and 80s at 4:00. look at that, what a great evening. 50s, 60s and 70s. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up a check of the traffic if there is any. >> there's not much at this early hour. we're looking at a lot of green here on the traffic maps. briefly had a problem in the vallejo area. westbound 80 past 37 giving you the thumb's up. a twor car crash blocking all lanes. that has been cleared off to the side. seeing a little yellow in the area. i think that will clear out in the next couple minutes. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza that is empty today. we will see what time they flip the lights on, could be 5:20,

5:30, never. we'll see. >> never would be great. >> that would be nice. developing if you take bart you may notice fewer police officers patrolling stations and trains. >> following an uptick in violent crime the agency is putting an end to emergency patrols. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in the newsroom with the reason bart says it has no choice. hi, matt. >> hi, alexis. the recent stabbing death of nia wilson at the macarthur station prompted the police patrols but the police association president told the chronicle it's unsustainable. bart has been having all their officers work six days a week ten hours a day the past several weeks in light of high-profile violence cases. the chronicle reports they're switching to a leaner staffing plan to keep long term. garcia asked how long can people work six days a week all day with 20 pounds of gear on their uniform. bart shifted to voluntary overtime with managers looking to add four officers work extra hours patrolling trains and

stations and bart calling for ten community service officers to do voluntary overtime on weekendses. bart is looking at funding methods to pay for more safety measures, possibly raising the salaries of officers. "the chronicle" reports violent crime has increased 66% in five years. >> thank you, matt. developing news, san francisco high school students go back to class this morning. they had a scary day yesterday. they had to hide in their classrooms. >> the scare started after a gun fired inside the school. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at balboa high school. hi, amy. >> hi, good morning, alexis. the school district will have counselors on campus for students who need to talk after what happened yesterday if they need to debrief how they're feeling after what they went through. here's a look at what it looked like here at balboa high school yesterday. police detained three kids on campus and police sources say the kid with the gun handed the gun to these kids before running

away and leaving campus and these kids gave police the gun. the school was on lockdown a couple hours yesterday while nervous parents waited for word. >> horrible yeah, we're amongst the parents who have stood outside of police tape outside my child's school not knowing what happened to these kids and whether they're safe. it's pretty crappy. >> reporter: by 1:00 police gave the all clear to campus and the gun went off around 11:00 in the morning at the school. but for more than an hour for those couple hours, it was tense for parents. sources say the mother of the boy who brought that gun to campus that she took him to the bayview station and had him turn himself in. reporting live in san francisco,

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. abc 7 news news reporter amanda del castillo has the details. >> of the dozens of arrested made around willow glen in the last month, sjpd says ten involved a group of mostly young teens and adult victimizing the neighborhood since the beginning of august. >> the detectives have linked this group to 95 separate incidents over that week period. >> reporter: nearly 100 incidents the department said did not exclusively involve property crimes but police believe the group is responsible for a number of strong armed robberies and carjackings in the area. >> they're running from the accident. >> reporter: last week a teen girl and adult man were arrested in a string of crimes that put schools on lockdown. interrupted home burglary led to a crash and successful police search. >> the red car crashed. >> reporter: understaffing was a major concern. neighbors says their calls to 911 and 311 aren't amounting to

much. >> i think a lot of times when people call the police department their expectations are a lot greater than the service they're going to receive and that's just part of living in the city that has over a million residents. >> reporter: this recent break-in at the restaurant and catering highlights that issue. the owner tells me he made multiple requests for officers only to be told police don't respond to alarms. eventually an officer did show up and the police chief thursday says neighbors can expect bettr. >> given the appropriate resources and prioritization we will again respond to every alarm in the city, verified or not. >> reporter: police say a new law that took effect in january has created some obstacles in cases involving juveniles. polie say they are not allowed to question any suspect under the age of 16. this does create some issues when suspects are as young as 14. in willow glen, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. thieves have targeted a bay area apple store again. you're looking at surveillance

footage showing three people grabbing items inside the store at the santa rosa plaza mall wednesday. in just 30 seconds they manage to run off with more than $35,000 worth of ipads, iphones and mac books. after they ran out of the store one of the suspects dropped some phones and scurried to pick them up before finally taking off. the robbery in santa rosa follows a similar crime in walnut creek. you see thieves snatching gadgets and escape last saturday and targeted apple's cordier ra store last week. authorities are trying to determine if this is the same group committing these thefts. in the east bay two teens arrested in connection with this brazen cell phone robbery. watch a car pulls up to a 21-year-old woman august 13th, someone gets out and yanks the phone right from her hand. the victim is actually dragged and nearly run over by the car. she is expected to be okay. this morning, nbz news accused of putting a stop to

reporting on harvey weinstein and his alleged sexual harassment. a former investigative producer at the network says he was working on the story for months with ronan farrow before an order to stop the story came from the highest levels of nbc. the producer said the handling of the story was a massive breach. nbc is firing back saying the reporting was not broadcast ready. "the new yorker" ended up breaking the bombshell story. president trump will not be attending tomorrow's memorial service for senator john mccain at the national cathedral. he was a vocal critic of mr. trump's job as president. this morning a new poll reveals the number of people who feel the same way is at an all-time high. the abc news/"washington post" poll asks 1,000 if they approved of how the president is doing his mueller vung and thoughts on impreechlts. 60% do not approve of the president's performance in

office. more than 60% support a special counsel robert mueller's investigation. and almost half say they support congress initiating impeachment proceedings. big sur's stretch of highway is reportedly cracking but state officials say it's normal and drivers have nothing to worry about. according to "the chronicle" several cracks in the pavement were reported this week across the newly rebuilt section of big sur's scenic highway 1 near gorda. the stretch reopened last month after it was closed to traffic in may 2017 after being washed out by the enormous mud creek slide. the department of transportation says new fractures are not affecting the integrity of the highway. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. talk about neighborhood temperatures. menlo park the cool spot 51, everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. let's take a look, we have 60 over across the bay in hayward, san jose 61. we're near 60 in the east bay valleys with 59 in antioch, san

ramon and livermore. san rafael 58. half moon bay 55 and san francisco 57. heading down to santa cruz it's going to be sunny and 75 this afternoon. however, if you're going to be out playing on the bay, we got a sall craft advisory. it's for south of the bay bridge and it will be a westward 15 to 25 knots gusting to 30 starting at noon and lasting through 9:00. all right. let's talk about what's going on temperature wise in the north bay. you can see a lot of sunshine out there and a little touch of fog during the morning commute. we'll jump from 57 to 73 by noon. look at that, low to mid 80s during the afternoon hours. as you expect in the valleys it could cools off 69 by 8:00. our east bay valleys, our warmest temperatures today and through the weekend. we're starting off pleasant, 62 degrees this morning, 67 at 10:00, to 74, get out at lunch and enjoy that. we'll hang out in the low to mid 80s for the better part of the afternoon hours. as a football friday night begins around 7:00, 8:00,

temperatures falling back in the mid to lower 70s. we'll look at the warmth, 90s coming this weekend next. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. we are looking at friday light and holiday light volumes so far for the friday morning commute. here's emeryville, westbound 80 no delays. a crash much earlier this morning about two and a half hours ago that has cleared. making your way to the maze and the maze is empty with no metering lights on yet. highway 4 to walnut creek, six minutes, westbound 24, to highway 13, another 8, westbound 580, even the central valley is friday light. that is only going to take you about 30 minutes. you're in the green. there are new details in an unsolved double homicide in oakland. the video and sketch just released by police in hopes of cracking the case.

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." i thought we would give you a sneak peek of your holiday weekend forecast. doing a little grilling and chilling. temperatures will be getting warm. look at that we're flirting which the 90s in the north bay, in the east bay and even mid to upper 80s down in the south bay. i will have more on the weekend coming up. let's get back to reggie and --

>> alexis. >> alexis. >> is her name. >> who's in the seat today. >> thank you. switching gears here to that horrific deadly bus crash in new mexico involving a greyhound bus and a semi truck. the ntsb is investigating. at least seven people died in the crash near the arizona border. many of the 49 passengers aboard the gray houpds were injured including a baby. one of the semi's tires blew along interstate 40 sending the truck into oncoming traffic where it slammed head-on into the bus. the greyhound bus was heading to phoenix from albuquerque. oakland police want you to see new sketch, hoping for help to solve a double murder that has gone cold. 20-year-old greg fletcher cook and 20-year-old terrance mccreery jr. were shot in 2016. police want help identifying two men captured on surveillance video seconds after the shooting. a sketch artist came up with these. loved ones are asking if you know something to come forward.

>> there were a lot of people there. there were a lot of rumors going around. y ps that you have would be very helpful. this picture was taken two weeks before he died at a graduation ceremony. he just -- he had the whole world in front of him. >> here's another look at the sketch. if you have information about the shooting you're asked to call oakland police. today's "gma" first look, a new holiday travel warning about a hotel scam. >> a nebraska couple says they were billed for thousands of dollars in charges after they had already checked out. here's abc news' gio benitez. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look a hotel hijacker charging services to another couple's credit card. >> i'm so upset and angry. >> reporter: hailey wells says when she and her husband left the hotel they used the hotel's automated checkout service. two days after arriving home she says she got a second bill from the hotel with three extra days of charges including room stays,

car valets, phone charges and lots of room service. that's when they reached out to our abc news 7 chicago iteam. >> a total of $6,539. >> reporter: wells says she showed the hotel receipts proving she left chicago when the other charges occurred. >> they basically told me that i was responsible for all of these charges. >> reporter: we'll tell you how to stay safe from scammers coming up at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look i'm gio benitez, abc news new york. san francisco's mayor is taking a step toward creating more housing in the city. mayor london breed is ordering the city's building inspection department to fast track applications for so-called inlaw units. those are separate living spaces on a property. the mayor wants responses to backlogged applications within six months and her goal to review all new building applications within four months or less. >> we have sadly for far too long pushed for job growth and

addressed other issues in our city, but we have definitely not done our part in producing more housing which is why we're experiencing a significant affordable crises. >> breed says the city will be paying attention to applications for new inlaw unitses in rent controlled buildings and they would fall under rent control making them affordable for lower income residents. muni reminding riders about changes tomorrow. without paying an attention fare will go from 90 minutes to two hours and there will be a new day pass option available for $5. that cannot be used on cable cars. discount fareses will be calculated at 50% of the full adult fare which means some prices will rise a few bucks. single ride fares will not change. starbucks hopes new frappuccinos featuring fewer calorys and less sugar will boost sales as customers become

more health conscience. they will debut here in contai 420 calories. the new version will have 370 calories. the amount of sugar drops from 67 to 49 grams and starbucks has set a goal to cut sugar content in its drinks by 25% by 2020. >> what about that pumpkin spiced latte. how many calories? >> i think a million. >> like sipping away your delicious drink and little do you know you're eating half of your calories for the day, right. >> a lot. >> probably more than that in sugar. >> exactly. >> that's good. >> that's why they should only offer it certain times of the year. >> then you're in trouble. >> because money, mike. because money. >> exactly. take a look at what's going on outside. you will have to spend money to stay cool in some neighborhoods. i wanted to start with the fog. i wanted to talk about how it was going to develop and visibility less than three quarters of a mile in napa,

quarter in santa rosa and two in petaluma and three in half moon bay. that's going to be around for the rest of the morning commute. a look at san rafael you can see it's not here as we look south under a peninsula sky and 58 degrees. a warm push this afternoon. we start our warming trend today with brighter conditions this afternoon than yesterday. partly cloudy a little foggy at the coast tonight and average pattern develops through the extended. here are the low clouds, the darker gray and the high clouds going to come in this afternoon with the warmer air. ought to make for a colorful sunset. #abc now we would love to see it. mid to upper 70s for about half the south bay and san jose and los gatos southward from the low 80s to the upper 80s. 75 today in santa cruz. 80 in redwood city, easily the warm spot on the peninsula. prooez wibreezy with mid to upp 60s. 70s around downtown south san francisco and sausalito. low to mid 80s through the north bay valleys. great time to head to their wine country. along the east bay shore mid to

upper 70s until orenda at 80 and livermore 88 today, one of the warmer spots. tonight's temperatures, mid to upper 50s. notice the cloud cover not quite as widespread except for at the coast. temperatures tomorrow about the same, 90s at least two days inland. sunday and monday. and then back into the 80s inland, 70s around the bay and 60s at the coast next week. how is traffic, alexis? >> really quiet so far today. we don't have any incidents to talk about and mass transit is moving along great this morning. we're up to 44 bart trains in service with no delays. ace one out on time today and normal service, no delays for capitol corridor. i've been warning you major track repairs once again for bart this weekend between 19th street and west oakland stations that means trains won't run through that stretch. a free bus bridge will be provided. this is the same thing we saw last weekend and we had some significant delays and this is scheduled all day saturday, sunday and monday. certainly plan ahead and keep

that in mind. if they get the work done early then they won't do it monday but that is not guaranteed at this point. a big win for colin kaepernick over the nfl. thor 4uarterback will have his day in court. an arbitrator ruled that kaepernick's lawyers have produced enough evidence in his collusion grievance against the league for the case to proceed to a formal hearing. kaepernick wants damages for lost pay. lost pay. he claims the league and owners conspired to keep him out of a job. they will be able to question league officials. change is coming for a minor league baseball team in marin county. the owners of the san rafael pav pacifics are putting the team up for sale. we profiled the team back in 2015 when it became the first pro team in history to use an automated umpire. the owners have thoroughly enjoyed the experience but time

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yep, thanks guys. i think he might need some support. yes. start them off right, with the school supplies they need at low prices all summer long. now save $150 on ts dell notebook at office depot officemax. time is 5:25. these are the seven things to know before you go. number one, classes resume at balboa high school ichc dhe a gf inside a class room yesterday. the incident sent students scrambling triggering a major police response and school lockdown. a fight on a muni train caught on camera. more than 200,000 have watched the video posted to twitter last night. it shows two men trying to throw a young man off the train. in the video someone could be heard saying that that man was playing music. number three the late senatr john mccain will lie in state under the u.s. capitol rotunda today for a ceremony and public visitation. tomorrow a funeral service will be held at washington national

cathedral. number four, a final farewell for aretha franklin today. mourners will gather for her funeral service in detroit. coming up in about 15 minutes we will go live to detroit with special tributes that will take place today. >> number five, we've come to the end of our cool weather. look at these temperatures jumping anywhere from 2 to 11 degrees. jump back into the 70s and 80s where we should be for this time of the year. more warmth this weekend. number six, the roads this morning one new crash to talk about in the sinal area, southbound 680, started off as a disabled vehicle in the left lane and unfortunately another vehicle came along and crashed into that. working on more detailses. you're backed up north of 84. number seven, a lot of you talking about this on-line this morning. eminem dropped a surprise 13 track album last night. it the cover art is inspired by

"licensed to ill". >> you're only off by one letter. >> that makes a difference. a group of whale watchers in monterey bay got a show. >> this is cool. five killer whales put on this spectacular display on wednesday. the whales swam up to the tour boat and took turns peeking above the surface. it is prime season for whale watching in monterey bay and they spotted humpback whales and dolphins during their outing. >> those whales are amazing. we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news. more fallout after a court found roundup responsible for a man's cancer. >> relief if

let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 jessica is off this morning no a lot of you are off this

morning as we take a look at more traffic and that's a good thing. glad you're here with us. mike, do we have a good weekend coming up? >> weather never takes time off, but it's going to warm up this weekend after we get through fog this morning. that's the first thing i want to talk to you about. look what's going on up in the north bay. because the clouds are coming back we had a clear night allowing thick fog to develop all along highway 101 and now starting to develop along 29 in the napa valley. it goes from american canyon through napa. maybe it will slip over to 80. temperatures cooler this morning. mid to upper 50s through 7:00. faster sunshine. you'll need the sunglasses today and dress for temperatures warmer this afternoon. mid 70s around the bay and mid 80s inland. this is the beginning of the warming trend. >> good morning, mike. we just have one incident this morning and this one just popped up about ten minutes ago. started off as a disabled vehicle on southbound 680 before

an drotsty in the sinal area before fremont and then turned into a collision. one lane blocked, possibly two, waiting forupdate from chp. emergency crews are arriving but delays in the area. everyone else extremely light as mike mentioned. we don't have any bay bridge metering lights so we're friday light and holiday light hoping that lasts. developing news out of san francisco where students at one high school are returning back to class following a frightening incident. >> a gun went off inside a classroom prompting an hours long lockdown. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at that school, balboa high with more on what students can expect today. amy? >> reporter: hi, alexis. what a scary, chaotic day at balboa high school. one student told "the chronicle" there was a kid in his class that wouldn't stop screaming because he was so scared. the school district will have counselors on the campus for any kids who need to talk about what happened.

here is a glimpse of what they experienced. police all over the campus. three students taken into custody. sources say the gunman gave these kids the gun and ran away and they handed the gun over to police. the school was on lockdown for about two hours. one student described how it all started. >> hear a loud bang, look over, a hole in the chair, something on the ground, and then the teacher comes over, calls the security, everyone comes in. and then we go to our next class and they called a lockdown. >> reporter: after that gun wept off, parents frantically had to wait for their kids and word for a couple hours while students hid in their classrooms while police searched the campus. they gave the all clear around 1:00. this started around 11:00 in the morning. a source says the mother of the boy who had the gun took him to the bayview police station later in the afternoon and had him turn himself in. reporting live in san francisco,

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thanks. happening now, the late in state in the u.s. casket is capitol rotunda in washington, d.c. >> this follows an emotional memorial service in his adopted home state of arizona. abc news reporter janay norman joins us live with the touching tributes to the senator. hi. >> reporter: guys, good morning. thousands showed up in phoenix to pay their respects and now it's washington's turn to say good-bye to the six-term arizona senator who lived and worked here more than 40 years. senator mccain arriving in washington for the final time, his casket carried by military jet to base andrews welcomed with a ceremony by a military honor guard. before landing in washington many lined the streets, waving the american flags, others clutching campaign signs honoring mccain who served in the house of representatives in 1982 before

being elected to the u.s. senate in 1986 where he served more than 30 years. at the church where he worshiped for 25 years. >> i always thought of john as a brother. we had a hell of a lot of family fight. >> reporter: political opponent former vice president joe biden saying he thought of mccain as family, praising what he called mccain's ageless code. >> he could not stand the abuse of power. it was always about basic values with john, fairness, honesty, dignity, respect. to paraphrase shakespeare, we shall not see again. >> reporter: a ceremony is planned this morning and another memorial service is taking place where obama and george w. bush are expected to speak. president trump won't be there after facing criticism for how he initially handled john mccain's death, president trump saying that the two had strong

disagreements, but adding that he respects mccain's service to his country. live on capitol hill, janay norman abc news. abc news will have live coverage tomorrow that begins at 6:00 a.m. we plan to stream the service at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. happening today, protesters will gather outside berkeley's offices to protest roundup. this month a san francisco jury decided the company should pay a school groundskeeper $289 million. the man said he got cancer after using roundup. the company plans to appeal claiming there is no connection. in the south bay, a 20-year-old man is under arrest accused of kidnapping and robbing a san jose state student. it happened in the middle of the day. the suspect is soloman bell. police believe bell pulled a gun on the 18-year-old student near san salvador and south 6th streets last wednesday. the victim told police he was

forced to walk to atms and pull out cash. the suspect eventually let the student go and he was not hurt. police took bell into custody on wednesday. new details this morning on the excruciating long wait times at the dmv. the dmv's director says the average wait time at northern california field offices has decreased by 50 minutes in the past month. jean shiomoto hopes people will ultimately get in and out of a dmv office within 30 minutes. dmv has blamed the processing of the new real i.d. license which will be required by the federal government for air travel by 2020. in the east bay, the raiders will present a check to the oakland unified school district to help save high school sports set to be eliminated. the silver and black will give a $250,000 check as well as an equipment donation todent athle have been affected. the ceremony will be at the oakland tech high school tennis courts at 4:30. oakland unified announced a budget shortfall that would have forced them to drop ten sports

this year. the wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes in shasta county is finally contained this morning. cal fire says crews have completely surrounded the carr fire and stopped its spread. flames burned nearly 360 square miles of land in and around redding. eight people died. crews will continue to patrol the area for the next several days watching for flare-ups. on the peninsula, a search and rescue team arrived home to hugs and handshakes last night hurricane lane. abc 7 news was in east palo alto as the 36 members of search and rescue task force 3 arrived. their mission included checking 1600 buildings for storm damage on the big island of hawaii. the team included firefighters from san francisco, san mateo and santa clara counties. nice to see we're haable to help. the clouds are returning a little slower this morning that's allowed the warmth from yesterday to escape. temperatures from about 2 to 11

derees cooler and the 11 degrees of heat loss, that's what's helping develop some of the fog in the north bay valleys around throughout the morning commute. watch out for a quick reduction in visibility, even down it a quarter of a mile at times. a look at the east bay shoreline temperatures, 55 in san leandro, the cool spot, to hayward and looks like we've got union city at 60, fremont and castro valley and alameda at 58. we have upper 50s from san francisco down the peninsula to 61 in san jose. a lot of temperatures near 60 in our inland east bay neighborhoods and 54 in pacifica right now. a look at your commute planner and want you to be aware of the fog and then it's going to be breezy this afternoon. south of the bay bridge. mass transit a summer spread cool to warm today. a look at san francisco where we will hit the mid 60s at the coast. i think we'll hit the upper 60s to a few 70s as you head deeper towards the east towards the bay. now let's take a look at what's going on down in the south bay. waking up 61 this morning, 65

with sunshine by noon and that will be quicker than yesterday. look at the 80s during the afternoon hours and whatever you're doing during the evening it couldn't get much better. seeing stars and feeling temperatures about 68 degrees. but if you're going to be out after 8:00 we'll drop down into the low 60s, have a jacket or blanket if you're watching high school sports during the evening hours. the friday before a holiday. >> yes. >> long holiday weekend. >> long holiday weekend. >> i think we're the only ones working today. that's good news. if you are heading out the door you should not have any major problems. >> join us at work. >> join us. we need company today. walnut creek here we go. southbound 680 north of the 24 split around north main street. we are looking good. not seeing many brake lights yet. basically how all of our traffic cameras are looking this morning and all of our drive times are similar this morning as well. i don't have those pulled up today, but we're having a hard time figuring out where anything is not in the green, even

getting out of the central valley is light. a closer look at those in about ten minutes. >> thanks. next, celebrating the queen of soul. we're live in detroit with the sta star-studded memorial for aretha franklin. >> scooters will be returning to >> scooters will be returning to streets but not without

you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." i wonder how many people are going to be doing this over the labor day weekend. look at that grilling. you can see the temperatures are going to be running much warmer than what we've been dealing with for the earlier parts this week. 90s showing up in our east bay valleys. around the state, you can see we'll have 90s today in fresno, upper 80s to near 90s in sacramento and that's warmer. low to mid 80s down to southern california except for palm springs. it's going to be hot at 107. a look at your week ahead for tahoe. temperatures in the mid 70s today, but near 80s starting tomorrow. i think the whole country is going to be taken to church today. a final farewell for the queen of soul aretha franklin will be laid to rest today. >> a star-studded lineup expected at the service in detroit and that's the place where her powerful voice was first discovered. abc news reporter zachary joins

us live from detroit with more. >> reporter: good morning. you're right, it's the final farewell, the final sendoff for the queen of soul, something really incredible. a procession about to happen and setup happening across the street here at the church. what a remarkable story that aretha had. the granddaughter of a share cropper, she used her voice to have a profound impact on the world. ♪ oh, yeah >> reporter: with range and soul, aretha franklin's music made audiences feel, sometimes her words could touch you like a warm blanket and other times, the power of her voice would hit you like you were riding shot gun on that highway of love. ♪ riding on the freeway of love and you can't stop now ♪ >> reporter: led by some of the most recognizable artists and musicians last night the nation said a little prayer for the legend and blew the top off the

amphitheater in detroit. a musical tribute her friends say aretha would have wanted. >> she was an icon in the city of detroit and growing up as a kid i listened to her a lot with my mom and my grandmother. >> reporter: despite humble beginnings she was bound for glory. the seeds of her musical greatness planted in her father's church. she once said, i'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. thousands of mourners have come to pay their respects. some showed up driving pink cadillacs. >> there were people crying, but what i see most was respect. and that's something that's like a money kker. she exudes a mix of comfort and strength and always regal, but never considered herself royalty. stevie wonder, chaka khan, civil rights leaders, the greats are

here. today's funeral a final good-bye. aretha franklin passed away august 16th at the age of >> reporter: aretha's final ride will be inside this same vintage hearse that carried icon rosa parks. for abc news news i'm zachary keish in detroit. >> that is going to be quite an event today. thank you. electric scooters are getting ready for a comeback in san francisco. the city locked out the biggest names in the booming industry. muni gave the two permits for one-year pilot program to scoot and skip. the most recognizable scooter companies, bird, lime, and spin did not get permits. they ran into trouble with the programs without a permit back in march. uber and lyft had also applied for the pilot program, but did not get permits. >> i'm glad that they're going to come back with hopefully some

regulations. it's like telling uber not to double park. >> lime's ceo was disappointed telling abc 7 news the fmta has selected inexperienced operators that plan to learn on the job at the expense of the public good. >> pretty excited about the next story. we're learning more about disney land's expansion star wars galaxy's edge. >> it will include something never offered to guests at the happiest place on earth. you're looking at what's in vision for the can tina inspired by the saloon at the space port in the first "star wars" movie. it will be the first place at disney land to serve alcohol to the general public and the attraction will open next year. walt disney company owns abc 7. >> when guessing it was going to be a green bubbly concoction did you see that art? that's what it has. >> i didn't. is it really? >> i didn't. >> in the art we showed they had big vats green and bubbly. you're right on target, alexis.

>> who knew you were such a "star wars" fan. >> not mean. >> it's in your conscious. >> it's part of the training. >> take a look at what's going on outside we're excited for that to open up and can't wait to be there. 5:48 we're opening the weather window on walnut creek where it's 55 degrees with increasing clouds. we're going to see a lot of sunshine today and the warming begins. a touch of heat this weekend in some neighborhoods hit 90s and temperatures will fall back to average levels for next week. here's a look at the cloud cover and up like yesterday it's completely out of the bay by noon. look at the coast, look at the blue pushing through some of the gray there. it will also hit the coast a little bit faster than it did yesterday. all right. so let's talk about what's going to happen with our temperatures. down in the south bay we'll start to see some of the 80s show up around san jose and mid to upper 80s around los gatos, morgan hill and gilroy. sunshine 75 in santa cruz and mid to upper 70s for the north bay. a lot of mid to upper 70s on the peninsula. our range starting to show a

summer tendency with 80 in redwood city and millbrae at 72. look at the coast, 67 degrees in half moon bay. little sunshine. that's really comfortable. 70 in downtown san francisco, 71 in south san francisco and sausalito. we'll head up to the north bay and some low to mid 80s here. it's going to feel nice if you're heading up there for an early wine tasting and mid to upper 70s along the east bay shore with oakland at about 74 degrees. don't forget about our wineries in livermore, 88 today. may need more shade there. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s that's where the 90s are going to come back soon. temperatures tonight 52 at napa and ukiah. fog again up across the north bay valleys while the rest of us will be partly cloudy in the mid to upper 50s. my accuweather seven-day forecast about the same tomorrow and see the touch of heat for sunday and monday as we try to push near 80 around the bay and 60s at the coast and fall back closer to average than the first week in september. >> good morning, mike. and really overall it's been a quiet morning. we have one incident to talk about and that is in sunol,

southbound 680 around andrade road. we have a two-vehicle crash as a disabled vehicle and that was sitting in the left lane and unfortunately another vehicle hit that before emergency crews could clear that. definitely seeing some delays. if you are leaving the dublin/pleasantonp area, maybe want to consider taking 238 to 880 instead at this poinidge we fairly light although we are filling in. no significant incidents along that route between hayward and foster city. the counter direction looking light too. new at 6:00, how a pair of contractors accused of scamming dozens of bay area homeowners almost got away. first, forget the party or cake, a man celebrates turning 100 in a way that would scare a lot of us. busting a move in the east bay, three dozen people put it all on three dozen people put it all on the line for warri

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you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." let you know before you head outside this holiday weekend the bay area air quality management district issued an air quality advisory for some of the smoke from the mendocino complex fire. it may roam through our sky. the forecast on your screen is for good to moderate air. hopefully it stays that way. >> thanks, mike. a bill that would ban all gun and ammo sales at the cal palace in san francisco is headed to governor brown's desk. the daly city venue is owned by the state and it hosts gun shows about five times a year. the bill was written by san mateo senator hill and assembly members chew, and berman. the ban will take effect in 2020 if the governor soins it into law. that gives the cal palace time to honor existing contracts to

host seven gun shows through next year. in the north bay napa valley college the latest bay area school to offer free education. the promise program will cover enrollment fees and even the cost of a parking permit. it's aimed at first-time students in napa county who enroll right after high school. both city college in san francisco and the concord community college district will also offer free tuition for qualified students. ♪ 41 people will find out today if they have made the cut and will be one of the 20 members of this season's golden state warriors dance team. abc 7 news was in walnut creek last night as the judges watched contestants bust a move. the team's leader says there's a lot more involved than dancing. >> they're ambassadors for our organization, doing over 200 appearances each season and, of course, dance. you want great performers who are out there to be electric and just engage our fans. then someone that is going to be

a great team member on the squad. we're not just looking for dance percent -- dancers. >> you're looking at the first man to make it this far in the process. watch the team in action in the first preseason game. >> i would not want to be on that panel of judges because i would not be able to pick the top 20. everyone looks good. >> they did look really good. >> at that point you're looking at the minutia i guess. >> good luck to the guy too. >> i know. >> i want to see if he makes it. i would love to follow his story. switching to traffic, we have had a light day on the roads. with one exception that would be in the trivalley before andrade. a crash is blocking the two left lanes. it started off as a stalled vehicle, make that lanes three and four are blocked right now. that actually just changed. sounds like chp was able to move that over. we have about three miles of heavy traffic from 580. a quick check of drive times we

are in the green all wait around, mike. i think a lot of folks making it a four-day weekend instead of three. >> wouldn't it be nice to be one of them. hi, everybody. all right. we have a wild card team in the a's taking on the team right behind them in the mariners and if that's not enough discount on concessions. 64 dropping down to 60. we have football. the aztecs of san diego state are in town to take on the cardinal of stanford on the farm. 6:00 kickoff dropping down to 63. have fun. turning 100 is a milestone by itself but throwing a simple party wasn't enough for a man named paul. >> the army veteran decided the only way to mark the occasion was to jump out of an airplane again. he has made more than 300 jumps including one with the famed 101st airborne division on d-day and says there is no other got

the things got. going out the door was good. the fresh air hit me. it's awesome. >> okay. he is now looking forward to his 103rd birthday and becoming the oldest skydiver ever. i can't believe he's 100. >> i can't either. i realized as i was watching the video, that was in hawaii. >> very cool. >> people, older people do very well in hawaii. >> it's all the humidity. >> this is where we're going when we retire by the way. just so you know. >> coming up new at 6:00, a phony doctor caught in southern california. investigators figured out how he got past hospital security. if you checked twitter you may have seen this viral video from overnight. the details of a scuffle on reese witherspoon tonight dare to dream big. on friday, sept 7th, join stand up to cancer for all the inspiration all the laughter kevin heart if you change one letter in 'cancer' it becomes 'dancer', what!?

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hundreds of thousands on social media have seen this video of a scuffle o muni. we're learning what led to the confrontation. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. there is nobody heading to work today. ahead of this long labor day holiday weekend. >> good morning. if you have the day off, welcome. it's 6:00 a.m. you can just stay in bed. how nice. friday, august 31st. natasha and jessica have the day off. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. >> mike nicco is here. >> good morning. i'm following fog. look at it develop across the north bay valleys. visibility less than a mile in napa and a mile at the airport in petaluma and santa rosa. it's going to stay that way through the morning commute. be careful if you're traveling that area. temperatures are cooler, dress for mid to upper 50s. we've got faster sunshine and warmer temperatures this afternoon. 60s and 70s at noon, warmer than yesterday at that time and 60s at the